Lymphoid malignancies are cancers of the immune system whose behaviors are highly dependent on the associated non-cancerous cells that help the cancer grow in its local environment. Our ability to study this local environment has been stymied by a lack of agnostic methodologies to quantitatively characterize the vast and complex repertoire of cells.

Our long-term goal is to apply these technologies toward the identification of unique cell subpopulations found in the lymphoid malignancy local microenvironment that will aid in diagnosis and treatment of these cancers.